“The Last Song” (Blu-ray)Given the pop-culture crossover appeal of entertainer Miley Cyrus and novelist Nicholas Sparks, I half-expected “The Last Song” to perform better at the box office. (Disney might have, as well, though a $62 million gross against a meager $20 million production budget isn’t a bomb by any means.)

Then again, the movie wasn’t great, so success wasn’t exactly a guarantee. Disney princess Cyrus plays Ronnie, a disgruntled teen sent by her mom (Kelly Preston) to spend a long summer with her estranged father (Greg Kinnear). She raises turtles, falls for the town hunk (Liam Hemsworth), and finds herself in true, melodramatic Sparks fashion. A late-act medical twist is expected – given the author’s track record – as is most of this familiar “Song.”

The Blu-ray version of “Last Song” from Buena Vista Home Video, however, saves this title from the scrap heap. An alternate opening leads off the disc’s deleted scenes. There’s an audio commentary and a set tour with actor Bobby Coleman, who plays Cyrus’ younger brother. Speaking of, the pop star contributes a video for her song, “When I Look at You,” as well as a “Making of” reel for the video. Most of these features can be found on the set’s second disc, which offers a standard-edition version of the film for non-Blu-ray players.

The one of thefamous celebritiesMarshall Bruce Mathers III better recognized by his stage name Eminem is an American rapper, record creator and actor. He gained reputation in 1999 with his major-label first appearance album, The Slim Shady LP, which won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. The subsequent album, The Marshall Mathers LP, become the fastest-selling on your own album in United States history. It brought Eminem augmented status, counting his own record label, Shady Records, and brought his group project, D12, to mainstream thankfulness.

Awards and Nominations

Academy Awards, USA

(Won: 1, Year: 2003 & Nominations: 0, Year: -)

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2003

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Oscar

Best Music, Original Songfor: 8 Mile (2002)Shared with:Jeff Bass (music) Luis Resto (music)For the song "Lose Yourself". Eminem and Jeff Bass were not present at the awards ceremony.

The one of thefamous celebritiesAnthony Horowitz is an English writer and screenwriter. He has written a lot of children's novels, counting The Power of Five, Alex Rider and The Diamond Brothers sequence and has printed more than fifty books. He has also written at length for television, adapting a lot of of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot novels for the ITV series. He is the author and writer of the ITV series Foyle's War, Midsomer Murders and Collision.

Awards and Nominations

BAFTA Awards

(Won: 0, Year: 0 & Nominations: 1, Year: 1996)

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1996

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BAFTA TV Award

Best Single Dramafor: The Last Englishman (1995) (TV)Shared with:Sue Vertue John Henderson

Actress Miley Cyrus has taken her share of shots from the media, but her toughmindedness partly comes from having dad Billy Ray Cyrus as her mentor.

For years, the country singer was known to millions as the mullet haired dude with that catchy hit single, that is until Miley came around the bend and basically took the world by storm. Miley, whose movie The Last Song comes out next week on Blu-ray, talks to us about being influenced by her father.

Click on the link below to get to the hollywoodoutbreak site and listen to the audio clip with Miley or read it right here:

“My dad has been doing this, he’s been knocked down so many times, he’s had so much drama, he’s been hurt, felt betrayed by the music industry,” “But every time he sings he’s doing it because he loves it and not for any political reason or for any other thing.” she explained.“He’s like: ‘I’m making albums now ’cause I like it, if one person buys it and one person likes it, I’m happy.’”“He’s like: ‘One in a million people may like it, but I made it and I said something honest.’”

"I'm not going to give up my guitar, but I love playing the piano," she said. "I have a song on my record that I play the piano on too, so I just like doing all different kinds of instruments. I love music, so I do it all."

Miley shot a music video for Rock Mafia's new song called BIG BANG a while ago and yesterday Rock_Mafia tweeted: trailer for big bang happening sooner now than we thought ,,, but not tomorrow .. i know it will be worth the wait =)